genderqueer

Definition

An identity encompassing a wide range of gender expressions and identifications that do not conform to or fit within the traditional, rigid male-female binary.

Etymology

The term emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a combination of 'gender' and 'queer' (originally meaning 'strange' or 'eccentric'), with 'queer' having been reclaimed by the LGBTQ+ community as an empowering identifier for non-normative gender and sexual identities.

In the news

The article uses the term to highlight identities that fall outside the state's binary-focused legal framework, noting that such identities currently find no accommodation within the therapeutic-legal system described.

Rethinking Sex: Intersex and Transgender Politics in Shia Islam

E-International Relations

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